Reversible cuff.



C. T. ZALEWSKI.

REVERSIBLE-CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8. I918.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

1N VENTUR ATENT o i:-

ICE.

CORA THEKLA ZALEWSKI, OF WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR TO THE WILLIAMS, GREENE & ROME COMPANY, LIMITED, 0F KITGHEN'ER, CANADA.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

l?atented Dec. 17, 1918.

To all whom iii may concern:

Be it known that 1, Cone. THEKLA ZALEW- SKI, of the town of Waterloo, in the county of Waterloo, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to soft double or French cuffs, and my object is to devise a cufi of this type which will fold readily either way on its center, thus en abling the wearer to use it with either side out.

I attain my object by so cutting and securing the interlining in place in the cufl that a line weakness is formed in the cuff at the middlegthus permitting the cuff to be folded with equal ease in either direction and with equal neatness in the fold.

The cuff is constructed in detail substantially as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cuff broken away to disclose the construction;

Fig. 2 a section, somewhat exaggerated, showing the end folded in one direction; and

Fig. 3 a similar View showing the cuff folded in the other direction.

in the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

l are two pieces of fabric forming the facing of the cuff, each piece being turned right side out so that the pattern. if any, is displayed both inside and outside of the cuff. To the facing material is secured the interlining 9. This interlining is divided on a line intermediate the top and bottom of the cuff and sewn to the facing material. The division between the interlining preferably extends entirely across the interlining, though it is not essential that it should extend through the margins which are contained within the hemmed edges of the cuff. The division preferably such that the two pieces of interlining are separated by a narrow space, approximately one-eighth inch in width.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The inter-lining at each side of the divi sion is sewn to the facing material of the cuff. The preferable arrangement is as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, in which one piece of interlining is sewn to one of the pieces of facing material and the other part of the interlining to the other piece of facing maferial. With this arrangement, whichever way the end is folded, no line of stitching is disclosed at the outside of the cuff, which is of much importance, particularly with certain materials or patterns.

With this construction it will be found that the cuff will fold easily and perfectly either way, so that it may be worn with either side out. Two important advantages are attained by this construction. In the first place the shirt may be used longer without being laundried, as it is usually the cuffs that become dirty long before the rest of the shirt is soiled. With this cuff it merely necessary to fold back the cuff in the opposite direction after one side has been soiled and replace the cuff links. In the second place, the life of the shirt is materially increased as the cuffs usually fray out first along the line of the fold, and with this present arrangement the wear is divided between two separate pieces of fabric.

What I claim as my invention is A cuff formed of two separate pieces of facing material and a separate interlining, the latter being divided on a line intermediate the top and bottom of the cuff and sewn to the facing pieces at each side of the division, whereby a line of weakness is formed along the middle of the cuff enabling the outer part of the cuff to be turned back in either direction, one part of the interlining being sewn to one facing piece only and the other to the other facing piece only.

Signed at Kitchener, Ontario. this 22nd day of March, 1918.

CORA THEKLA ZALEWSKI.

Witnesses W. P. CLEMENT, ARTHUR D. Poona.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01! ratents,

Washington, D. 0. 

